can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. it s been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. us officials say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. this was a relatively small scale strike by israel. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. the united states has not been involved in any offensive operations. what we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and it s reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. and this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. the fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. and there is hope t
reports from tees valley. an icon of a vibrant an icon of a vibrant industrial an icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising area struggling to find its feet. tees valley, and infinite hercules in its day, a white capital of imake income is now clearing a site of past glories and looking for new ventures. a painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. that has placed this area on the national map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes mayoral contest with high sta kes from mayoral contest with high stakes from the two main parties. a poster boy of the red bull, after his narrow win here in 2017. re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. a local labour stalwart, hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party, and a winnerfor heartland for his party, and a winner for chris heartland for his party, and a winnerfor chris mcewan heartland for his party, and a winner for
to bring figures down to the tens of thousands . labour targets child ren‘s health, saying it ll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed. a 2 year old girl is seriously ill in hospital, a 2 year old girl is seriously ill in hospital, after being mauled by dogs thatjumped into a garden in liverpool. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to spot fake news, helping users decide what s true and what s not. good evening from paris, where the president elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his decisive victory over marine le pen in yesterday s election and he s already started work on forming his government ahead of his formal inauguration on sunday. he s already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british prime minister theresa may. mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote, with marine le pen of the front national taking 33.9%. the turnout was 7a%, the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11.5 million people abstained. the transfe
now it s time for world business report. brexit means what in the uk general election? the labour party unveils its manifesto we weigh up the arguments. and is this the doctor s surgery of the future? we ll be visiting a californian start up which says it has the recipe for preventative healthcare. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock lots more in the programme including news from ford of significantjob losses. today the uk s labour party will release its manifesto ahead of next month s general election. although the formal announcement is expected in a few hours time, last week a leaked copy of the document revealed labour s plans to scrap the government s existing white paper on brexit negotiations. the conservative manifesto is expected in the next few days. so where do the two parties stand on brexit? the labour party favours managed migration, but will stop short of committing to specific immigration targets, unlike the conservatives which has pledged to
but i believe in her cause and what she is doing. it transcended her as a star, and it came down to the fact that a woman has the right to go after someone who was sexually assaulted and she was sexually assaulted. we ll be speaking to a journalist who was in court when the verdict was read out. also one of australia s leading cosmetic surgeons tells this programme that the link between textured breast implants and cancer is more common that doctors originally thought although it s still extremely rare. we speak to him, and a woman who developed the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. also there have been two incidents involving trains at london stations this morning a train has derailed just outside waterloo station after hitting a freight train at low speed no one was injured in the incident, though passengers have been advised to avoid the station all day. that was at 5.40 this morning, and in the last hour a train is reported